BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology at Leeds Beckett University

Explore the forces behind crime and inequality while developing the skills to challenge injustice, shape a better society, and become a social changemaker. On this dynamic BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology degree, you’ll explore the social issues that define modern life – from crime, justice, and inequality to identity, media, power, and social change. You’ll examine how societies respond to crime and deviance while uncovering the wider social forces that influence people’s opportunities, experiences, and life chances.

Faculty: School of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: 20 Sep 2027  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Introduction to Criminal Justice, Becoming a Criminologist, Sociology, Capitalism & Modernity, Global Capitalism, Researching Society. Year 2 core modules: Criminological Intersections, Inequality of Class & Culture, Modern Social Theory, Exploring Social Research. Year 2 options include Crimes of the Powerful, Youth Crime & Justice, Green Criminology, Criminal Justice Policy. Year 3 core modules: Sociology Dissertation, Contemporary Society & Social Futures. Year 3 options include Crime, Policy & the Sex Industry, Exploring Imprisonment, Out of Play: Sports, Power & Justice, Heretics & Renegades, Career Cartographies: work-integrated learning in the Humanities, Resist! Confronting State Harm.

Career pathways

This degree will equip you with highly transferable skills in communication, research, critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving that can open doors across the public, private, and voluntary sectors. Roles include Civil servant, Community housing officer, Police officer, Probation officer, Prison officer, Youth justice worker, Social researcher, Charity and community outreach roles.

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